Flunking College

I don't usually dole out the personal information, but for the sake of this post, it is important that anyone reading it know that I work at a University. I am pretty sure anyone reading this already knew that, but you never know.

That being said, I don't understand the latest trend in utter disregard for ones own well being. Case in point: Today I had to leave the campus mid morning. Why? That is none of your bees wax, I just had to. Now, normally students here pay no attention to cars or what they might or might not do. They have other things to worry about that are more important, like what they might do with their Myspace page and how to not look drunk in class. Usually as they cross the street, they try not to look at any cars that might be trying to get across the same intersection. I am sure somewhere they heard that pedestrians have the right away, kindergarten maybe. And, now they use this info to disregard important, 2000 pound moving objects.

Now, normally, if I start speeding across an intersection at a gap big enough for my gianormous truck, the kid I am aimed at tries to look cool while secretly peeing his pants just a little, while the girl on her cell phone stays on the curb just long enough for me to get past. Today though, as I started across an intersection, a kid actually stepped in front of my oncoming monster truck. Really, he should be fair game. I did manage to make my tires chirp as I stopped for him, as well as chirp as I tried to run over the back of his shoe.

The parking lots and streets outside Universities should be proving grounds. Students who don't know how to keep out of harms way should be expelled. And should not be readmitted to any University anywhere for any reason. That should be the new rules.....